Jul 15 2020 28 mins 44
Mao gets sick of all the BS in Shanghai and returns to his hometown of Shaoshan, where he discovers a militant peasantry. Further Reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 2: National Revolution and Social Revolution, December 1920-June 1927 Yokoyama Suguru, “The Peasant Movement in Hunan” Some names from this episode: Li Lisan, Communist leader of the Shanghai General Labor Union Liu Shaoqi, Communist leader just below Li Lisan in the Shanghai General Labor Union Liu Hua, Union activist executed for leading role in May 30 Movement Liu Bolun, Stood in for Mao at a meeting of the Committee for Common People’s Education Wang Xianzong, Hunanese Communist murdered by a local warlord for organizing peasants Wang Jingwei, Head of Guomindang government in Guangzhou in late 1925 when Mao arrived from Hunan Han Suyin, early biographer of Mao for a western audience Liu Shaoqi, Leading Communist labor organizer in the 1920s, later targeted as a capitalist roader in the Cultural Revolution Deng Xiaoping, Chinese leader targeted as a capitalist roader in the Cultural Revolution
